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Britain’s KGB Sugar Daddy
On Monday, a freelancer photographer called Steve Back snapped a photograph of a document being carried cavalierly in the open by British officials entering Downing Street. The document was a list of suggested countermoves by Westminster to play against the Kremlin for Russia’s recent invasion of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea.
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Personal treasures of World War One uncovered
The World War One centenary means personal war diaries, letters and photos are emerging from dusty attics and drawers across the UK and beyond to offer a different perspective of the conflict. The National Archives has begun the mammoth task of digitising 1.5 million WW1 diary pages, mainly taken from official war diaries, describing the lives of British soldiers on the front line.
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee: World wide web needs bill of rights
The inventor of the world wide web has marked the 25th anniversary of his creation by calling for a 'Magna Carta' bill of rights to protect its users. Sir Tim Berners-Lee told BBC Breakfast the issue could be compared to the importance of human rights.
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Sidney Lewis gets recognition for being the youngest Briton to fight in World War I
THE youngest Briton to fight in World War I was just 12 years old — but Sidney Lewis’ identity remained unknown for almost a century until the chance discovery of faded documents revealed his extraordinary story.
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'You've got cancer!'—nastiest spam email ever makes the rounds in Britain
If you received an email saying you had cancer, what would you do? Thousands of Brits have received emails purporting to be from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), claiming that a "sample of your blood analysis" indicates the recipient has a "suspicion of cancer."
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Monster jungle spider jumps out of charity worker’s backpack
This venomous huntsman spider gave a charity worker a fright when it jumped out of her backpack after she returned to the UK. Nora Serrat, 32, found the monster arachnid had been hiding in her luggage when she returned to London following a two-week trip to the Cameroonian rainforest. The spider, which has been named Hermione, was also carrying a huge egg sac containing up to 400 babies, but thankfully they didn’t break out on the flight back.
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Britain's five richest families worth more than poorest 20%
The scale of Britain's growing inequality is revealed today by a report from a leading charity showing that the country's five richest families now own more wealth than the poorest 20% of the population.
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Half of meat product samples contained DNA of wrong animals, council finds
Leicester survey backs up results from other areas, reinforcing fears of widespread meat contamination and mislabelling
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Ukraine: Campaign for Donetsk 'to join UK'
Some residents in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk have launched a tongue-in-cheek campaign to join the UK, because the city was founded by an industrialist from Wales, it appears.
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Elite British bridge player drops dead after playing rare winning hand
Wendy Davis, 80, scored a hand a weekly player would likely only see once in 115 years, according to the long odds. The excitement of the moment likely killed her, said a friend, as she succumbed to 'the perfect bridge player's death.'
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First documented cat-to-human TB infection revealed
The first documented evidence that TB can spread from cats to humans has been reported by public health officials, confirming long-held concerns about the disease's capacity to jump from one of Britain's favourite pets.
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Same-sex marriage now legal as first couples wed
For the first time same-sex couples are now legally allowed to get married in England and Wales. Politicians from the main parties have hailed the change in the law. David Cameron said the move sent a message that people were now equal "whether gay or straight", but some religious groups remain opposed.
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British components in North Korean rockets, UN finds
Sanctions against the secretive state have not stopped it from sourcing parts from the UK, US and South Korea for its rockets
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British experts say they have found London's lost Black Death graves
Archaeologists in Britain said on Sunday they had solved a 660-year-old mystery, citing DNA tests which they said proved they had found a lost burial site for tens of thousands of people killed in medieval London by the "Black Death" plague.
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Britain says ready to ban all branding on cigarette packs
Britain plans to force tobacco firms to sell cigarettes in plain packets without branding to improve public health and cut the number of child smokers, a government minister said on Thursday, dismaying the industry and delighting anti-smoking campaigners.
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My life in London's houseboat slums
Where do you live if you cannot afford London's soaring rents? I took the only home I could find: a tiny, mouldy room in a freezing barge on the Thames. And there are many desperate people in the same situation
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Stolen Smartphones 'black market' exposed
A black market of shops and traders willing to deal in stolen smartphones has been exposed by a BBC London undercover investigation. Intelligence was received that some shops across a swathe of east London were happy to buy phones from thieves.
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North Korea not psyched on poster mocking Kim Jong Un’s hair in London barbershop
London barber Karim Nabbach of M&M Hair Academy had an idea recently: To advertise a 15% discount on men’s cuts in April, he made a giant poster of Kim Jong Un’s smiling mug with the caption, “BAD HAIR DAY?”
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Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline bribed doctors to boost sales, says whistleblower
Britain’s biggest drug company, GlaxoSmithKline, allegedly bribed doctors in Poland using money that was meant to be spent on educating patients, according to new evidence revealed today by the BBC Panorama programme.
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New Banksy artwork in Bristol removed with crowbar by local club
The artwork, showing a couple embracing while checking their mobile phones, was posted on Banky's website on Monday and discovered on Clement Street earlier. Hours later, the nearby Broad Plains Boys Club removed it with a crowbar. The Banksy - believed to be on plywood - has been replaced with a note saying it was held at the club "to prevent vandalism or damage being done".
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